Set Priorities for the New Year
Here’s how you can make your personal New Year a time of renewal and refreshment. Think through goals and routines, and create priorities that help you, like Mary, focus on “the better part.”
Creativity and Soul Care / Home School / Planning and Time Management
by Janice Campbell · Published January 3, 2011 · Last modified November 30, 2015
Here’s how you can make your personal New Year a time of renewal and refreshment. Think through goals and routines, and create priorities that help you, like Mary, focus on “the better part.”
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